Cuspidor



(No Model.)`

C. H. STAEHLIN. GUsPIDoR.

No. I

549,543. Patented NMR-12, 1'89'5.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEicE.

CHARLES H. STAEHLIN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CUSPIDOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,543, dated November12, 1895.

Application filed .Tune 13, 1893. Serial No. 477,506. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. STAEHLIN, of the city of St. Louis, inthe State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Cuspidors, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a cuspidor cleansed by the action of waterflushes into and through it from a supply-pipe, whereby the cuspidor iskept constantly cleansed and the obnoxious features of such a piece offurniture are avoided, the article always having a presentableappearance; and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafterfully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a vertical section through my improved cuspidor, taken online I I, Fig. ll. Fig. II is a top view, in which one-half of thefunnel-plate is cut away to show the spit-box beneath and a portion ofthe flushing-rim is broken away to show the interior of the rim and theentrance of the water-supply pipe.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents 'the cuspidor-vessel, to thebottom of which is connected a nipple 2, the nipplerin turn beingdesigned to be connected to a waste-pipe, into which the refuse isflushed` from the cuspidor on the admission of water through asupply-pipe 3, controlled by a valve 4, the object of having the nippleproject up into the vessel being to form a water seal to the waste-pipe.

The vessel l has formed at its top a hollow rim 5, provided in its innerface with a slot G for the escape of water as it iiows into the rim fromthe supply-pipe, which pipe leads directly into said rim.

7 is a funnel-plate seated in the upper end of the vesselrl, beneath therim and its slot, in the center of which plate is an opening v8, throughwhich the. water passes after iiowing over the plate and falls into thespit-box, the funnel-plate bein g thoroughly cleansed by the action ofthe water passing over it.

9 is a spit-box supported on a rib within the vessel. The spit-box has araised central portion l0, that extends over the top of the nipple 2, sothat the box does not come in contact with said nipple, and as the waterin falling through the opening 8 of the funnelplate washes over thisraised portion it keeps it always thoroughly cleansed, thereby giving aclean insight into the cuspidor through the opening 8 down into the box.The spitbox is provided with a number of vertical slots 12, extendingfrom the bottom of the box to a point on its side for the exit of thewater out into the lower portion of the vessel l, and from thencethrough the nipple 2 into the waste-pipe connection, these slotspreferably being made narrow enough, so that they will not admit ofrefuse-such as matches, cigar ends, bc-passing through them into thewaste-pipe to clog said pipe.

The funnel-plate 7 and the raised portion ofthe spit-box are preferablyenameled, or of some other form of smooth surface that isreadily'cleansed by the action of water flowing over it.

I claim as my inventionl. In a cuspidor, the combination of the cuspidorvessel having a hollow rim, an opening from the interior of said rim, awater supply connection, a funnel plate, a spit box beneath said funnelplate, and openings from said spit box leading to the lower portion ofthe vessel; substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cuspidor, the combination of the cuspidor vessel having a hollowrim, an opening from the interior of said hollow rim, a water supplyconnection, a funnel plate, spit box, slots in the bottom of said spitbox, and a nipple located in the bottom of said vessel; substantially asand for the purpose set forth. l

CHARLES H. S'IAEHLIN. In presence of- A. M. EBERsoLE, E. S. KNTGHT.

